The painting ‘Joint Power’ depicts Mary II, Queen of England (1689-1694), who married her cousins Willem van Oranje. She was a very popular monarch. As was chocolate the popular fruit of Europe's expansionist policy in Africa and South America. Mary made a mark on Dutch culture through her influence on ceramics, garden design and the historical figures she had made out of chocolate. The historical figures in Fransix's paintings also appear to be made of chocolate.